11wk. BR Pullets?

[TripleH]

Here are some pics of the girls?? purchased as pullets. Now 11weeks old.
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[TripleH]

2 more pics

 

[kiki2]

They look like my dominiques...

 

[juliechick]

Pretty sure they aren't pullets.

 

[ArizonaDesertChicks]

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Ditto!

 

[PotterWatch]

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Ditto!

Absolutely!

 

[NashChic]

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Ditto!

Absolutely!

Really, you guys? I thought pullets even started to get combs/wattles like that by 11 weeks. I don't know squat, seriously. But I probably wouldn't have been worried about it if I saw those on mine at that age. I guess I'll be rethinking that now

Is it the color or the hang on the wattles, or what? I'd really like to know what I should look for.

 

[vortec]

I'm going to say pullets. They are not shaped like roos and all of my roos have way more defined comb and wattles by 11 weeks. I believe that the pictures do not show the coloring well. Does anybody else see the shape of the body? Its just like my little hens. Whose with me or do I stand alone, lol

I'm pretty sure its a Barred rock though

vortec

 

[ArizonaDesertChicks]

The three things I know of to look for in sexing barred rocks at 11 weeks are:
* feather coloring (roos are lighter than pullets - more white feathers)
* leg coloring (pullets usually have a dark wash down the front)
* comb & wattles - those are pretty big wattles for a 11 week old BRs

These are my BR pullets at 7-8 weeks:

This is one of them at 15 weeks.

I have another 15 week photo & one of them at 20 weeks on my BYC page:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=19548-from-chicks-to-pullets-to-hens

 

[speckledhen]

12 Week old BRs, cockerel and pullets. Some cockerels develop slower than others, so they may not have big combs or super long sickle feathers.